Toriel shakes her head, "You cannot promise that. Not when you've angered so many people." A hand drifts up to rest against her forehead tiredly.

"You showed a woman no mercy when she ran to help someone you had downed. Why would anyone show someone who is actively your friend, someone who cares for you the same mercy?" Humanity is sharp as it is cruel, infecting what it creates with these feelings. Humanity has the capacity for great kindness as it does great cruelty. Toriel knows this well enough now.

"Can you not see this? Revenge blinds all, violence blinds everyone to reason."